In neuroanatomy, the arcuate fasciculus (AF; from Latin 'curved bundle') is a bundle of axons that generally connects Broca's area and Wernicke's area in the brain. It is an association fiber tract connecting caudal temporal lobe and inferior frontal lobe. [1]

Current evidence strongly suggests that the arcuate fasciculus (AF) is critical for language, from spontaneous speech and word retrieval to repetition and comprehension abilities.

The Arcuate Fasciculus is a bundle of nerve fibers located in the brain’s left hemisphere, which is predominantly responsible for language skills. This bundle connects two critical areas: the Wernicke’s area, involved in language comprehension, and the …

Arcuate fasciculus: The arcuate fasciculus is a bundle of fibers that serves as the neural pathway connecting the expressive (i.e., Broca’s area) and receptive (i.e., Wernicke’s area) language areas to one another and plays a vital role in repetition .

The arcuate fasciculus is a neural pathway that connects the posterior part of the superior temporal gyrus to the frontal lobe, passing through the white matter of the brain. It plays a crucial role in language processing and production.

Our goal in this paper is, first, to survey the 19th Century roots of the connectionist approach to aphasia and, second, to describe emerging imaging technologies based on diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) that promise to consolidate and expand the disconnection approach to language and its disorders.

Jul 25, 2023 · The arcuate fasciculus (AF) has been classically described as a connection between Broca’s area and Wernicke’s area 1. However, the location and connectivity of the fibers of the AF is variable. The AF is composed of a direct and indirect component 2.

Dec 19, 2024 · Traditionally, the frontotemporal arcuate fasciculus (AF) is viewed as a single entity in anatomo-clinical models. However, it is unclear if distinct cortical origin and termination patterns...

The arcuate fasciculus is a major white matter tract involved in language processing that has also been repeatedly implicated in intelligence and reasoning tasks. Language in the human brain is lateralized in terms of both function and structure, ...

Arcuate Fasciculus. The arcuate fasciculus (AF) is probably the most well-known association tract. It is so named because it forms an “arc” like trajectory, as it connects the lateral temporal gyri with the ventro-lateral frontal gyri.